Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Bowl

ca. 1510-1530 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl, tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration in blue and lustre. Around the middle pointed rays alternating with sprays, in the centre a cartouche inscribed "DIAMTE. B" (Diamante bella).
The exterior is decorated with scale-work and gadroons.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration in blue and lustre
Brief description
Bowl, tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration in blue and lustre, Deruta or Gubbio, ca. 1510-1520
Physical description
Bowl, tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration in blue and lustre. Around the middle pointed rays alternating with sprays, in the centre a cartouche inscribed "DIAMTE. B" (Diamante bella).
The exterior is decorated with scale-work and gadroons.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.3cm
  • Diameter: 27.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Diamte. B;' (In the centre in the cartouche)
Object history
Provenance: Soulages Collection ; transferred to Circulation 4th January 1909
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
508-1865

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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